How many species of mahogany furniture trees are there?

Mahogany does not refer to all the red wood, nor does it refer to a kind of wood, but the current domestic mahogany furniture materials are commonly referred to. The national standard of "Mahogany" stipulates that only 5 genera and 8 categories of commercial timber can be called mahogany. Furniture and crafts made of mahogany have always been a favorite of people.

Mahogany furniture has always been a symbol of dignity and wealth in China, and in recent years, with the significant improvement of people's living standards, mahogany furniture has gradually entered the homes of ordinary people. However, in the face of a large number of mahogany furniture on the market, the common people are difficult to distinguish the authenticity, and they are always afraid that they will buy fakes, and the manufacturers and distributors have no evidence, and even the law enforcers of the technical supervision department cannot be followed. In order to standardize the current mahogany products and promote the healthy development of the market, the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision has officially issued the national standard of "mahogany", and stipulates that this standard will be implemented from August 1, 2000.

The so-called "mahogany", from the very beginning, is not a specific tree species of furniture, but a general term for rare hardwood high-quality furniture since the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Huanghuali: It is a unique and cherished tree species in China. The wood is shiny and has a spicy taste; The texture is oblique and staggered, the structure is fine and uniform, and it is resistant to corrosion.

Strong durability, hard and heavy material, high strength. Pterostilbene: It is produced in subtropical regions, such as India and other Southeast Asian regions.

There is a small amount of production in Yunnan, Liangguang and other places in China. The wood is shiny, has a fragrance, turns purple-red-brown after a long time of exposure to the air, the grain is staggered, the structure is dense, corrosion-resistant, durable, and the material is hard and delicate.

Rosewood: Distributed in tropical regions of the world, mainly produced in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. It has been introduced and cultivated in Hainan, Yunnan and Guangzhou.

The color of the material is relatively uniform, from light yellow to dark reddish-brown, dark stripes can be seen, shiny, with a slight or significant light aroma, the texture is staggered, the structure is fine and uniform (South America, Africa is slightly coarse) wear-resistant, durable, hard, heavy, high strength, usually floating in water. Among the rosewoods produced in Southeast Asia, Thailand is the best, followed by Myanmar.

Sour branch wood: tropical and subtropical regions, mainly produced in Southeast Asian countries. The wood is uneven in color, the heartwood is orange, light reddish-brown to black-brown, and the dark stripes are distinct. The wood is shiny, sour or sour, the grain is oblique and staggered, dense, greasy, hard and wear-resistant.

Wenge wood: It is distributed in subtropical regions of the world, mainly in Southeast Asia and South America, and is named because of its texture similar to "chicken wings". The texture is staggered and unclear, the color is abrupt, the wood has no aroma, and the growth rings are not obvious.

To sum up: the characteristics of "mahogany" furniture are: advantages:

1) The color is darker, which mostly reflects the antique style and is used for traditional furniture.

2) The wood is heavier and gives a good sense of quality.

3) Generally, wood itself has its own fragrance, especially sandalwood.

4) The material is hard, high strength, wear-resistant, and durable.

Disadvantages: 1) Because of the small yield, it is difficult to have high-quality tree species, and the quality is uneven.

2) The lines and growth rings are not clear, and the visual effect is not fresh enough.

3) The material is heavier and not easy to carry.

4) The material is hard, the processing difficulty is high, and it is easy to crack.

5) The material is relatively greasy, and it is easy to return oil at high temperature.

The former is close to mahogany standards and is often used as furniture wood.

The latter are the 33 species of mahogany trees specified by the state.

It should be noted that the "national standard mahogany" is mainly based on the wood mainly used in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties (of course, there are many specific standards).

However, some good woods in Africa, South America, etc., were not known in the Ming and Qing dynasties (such as: green sandalwood, violet, African black rosewood, etc.) and their standards were not bad, so they were put into 101 species to show the difference.

Hello, the wood of mahogany furniture mainly refers to rosewood, sorrel wood, ebony, gall wood, rosewood, and wenge. Wooden furniture other than mahogany cannot be called mahogany furniture.

The classification of mahogany can be divided into the following according to the different nomenclature methods

5 genera: Named after the genera of dendrology, i.e., Pterocarpus, Dalbergia, Persimmon, Cliff Bean and Ironwood.

8 categories: named after the trade name of wood, namely rosewood, rosewood, incense sticks, black sour branches, red sour wood, ebony, striped ebony and wenge. At the same time, mahogany refers to the heartwood of these 5 genera and 8 types of wood, and the heartwood refers to the center of the tree and the part without living cells.

33 tree species: Sandalwood Rosewood, Vietnamese-Cambodian Rosewood, Andaman Rosewood, Hedgehog Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, Large-fruited Rosewood, Sac Rosewood, Bird's Foot Rosewood, Fragrant Rosewood, Knife Rosewood, Black Sandalwood, Broad-leaved Rosewood, Lu's Black Sandalwood, East African Black Sandalwood, Brazilian Black Sandalwood, Amazon Rosewood, Belize Rosewood, Barry Rosewood, Saizhou Rosewood, Cochin Yellowwood, Fluffy Rosewood, Central American Dalbergia, Austeinic Rosewood, Slightly Concave Dalbergia, African Cliff Beanwood, White Flower Cliff Dalbean, Iron Knife Wood, Ebony, Thick-petaled Ebony, Wool medicine ebony, ponce ebony, Sulawesi ebony, Philippine ebony. Thank you.